Radial Patterns with Adobe Illustrator

A CreativeCOW Adobe Illustrator Video Tutorial

CreativeCOW presents Radial Patterns an Adobe Illustrator Video Tutorial

Vincent Rosati
New Jersey USA

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In this Adobe Illustrator video tutorial Creative COW leader Vincent Rosati presents a simple technique to use an obscure function in the rotate tool to quickly create radial patterns in Adobe Illustrator. Use this technique with gradiants or more complex shapes to create incredible radial patterns.

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radial pattern
by Mary Yaeger

The first really useful fix for an AI problem. Precisely what I was looking for, thank you! I confess it still took me about five tries to get it right, which makes me think some screen shots and a written explanation of each move would maybe be clearer. I'll write it up what I'm thinking and email send it in another comment.

Radial Patterns with Adobe Illustrator
by Jurij Magoga

Thank you!
Very simple but very useful tutorial, it helped me making a spirograph design like the ayato's one (see tutorial 39 at ayatoweb).
Thanks!

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